Nick Van Exel net worth

Net Worth: $40 Million

About Nick Van Exel

It has been stated that the total amount of Nick Van Exel net worth is as much as 40 million dollars, according to the recent estimations. He has become popular internationally because of his career as a professional basketball player although currently he is retired from playing this sport. Currently, he is serving as the head coach for the Texas Legends, which competes in the NBA Development League. Therefore, this career is considered as one of the main current sources of adding up to the total size of Nick Van Exel net worth. In the period of 1993-2006, Nick Van Exel was playing in the National Basketball Association, where he belonged to six different teams. Nick Van Exel is also an NBA All-Star.
He was born in 1971 in Wisconsin. He was raised by his mother. When he was studying in high school, he already played basketball. He belonged to the school’s team in the period of 1987-1989. In his senior year, he scored 772 points. Also in his senior year, Nick Van Exel was named to the Associated Press all-state team. Nick Van Exel wanted to become a college basketball player, but his grades were not good enough.

Thus, he enrolled to study at Trinity Valley Community College, where he stayed for 2 years. After some time, he became a student of the University of Cincinnati. He was quite successful there as he was a finalist for the Wooden Award for player of the year.
Talking about his professional career as a basketball player, Nick Van Exel played in the NBA for 13 years. During this time, he belonged to such teams as the San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks. Thus, all of these teams not only made his name more popular in professional basketball, but also increased the total sum of Nick Van Exel net worth.
In 1993, he became a professional player when he participated in the NBA Draft, during which he was chosen as the 37th overall pick by the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career in this team, Nick Van Exel averaged 14.9 points per game and 7.3 assists per game. In 1998, he was traded to the Denver Nuggets. During his time with this team, he reached several career highs. He played with this team for four seasons. In 2002, he joined the Dallas Mavericks.
In 2003, he was traded once again, this time to the Golden State Warriors. One year later, Nick Van Exel began to play with the Portland Trail Blazers. With this team, Nick Van Exel appeared in 53 games only. In 2005, he was released from this team and joined the San Antonio Spurs. He also stated that this team would be his last professional team. Nevertheless, playing in all of these teams has made him well known in the NBA and also added up to the total amount of Nick Van Exel net worth. After retirement, he became a coach. He started this career with a position of assistant coach of the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League.